Youth Development

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Capriana in her bee suit, surrounded by bees
California 4-H Grown: Article

My 4-H experience helped me in the college application process

April 22, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
College applications and college scholarships all are looking for a good essay, an interesting story and a catchy topic. As a 4-Her who was has been active for 9 years in El Sereno's beekeeping project, I had lots of options to create a buzz with.
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Bruce Hammock, UC Davis distinguished professor and co-founder of EicOsis and Cindy McReynolds, an EicOsis project manager and UC Davis doctoral student. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Davis-Based Company Targeting Chronic Pain Gets Financial Boost

April 22, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
DAVIS--EicOsis LLC, a Davis-based company seeking to block chronic pain in humans and companion animals, has received a $5 million investment from Open Philanthropy to move original research developed in the University of California, Davis laboratory of Professor Bruce Hammock into human clinical tr...
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A male monarch seeking nectar in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Butterfly Summit: Are Butterflies Heralds of Apocalypse?

April 19, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough," wrote the late poet Rabindranath Targoe (1861-1941) of Bengali, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. There may not be "time enough" for some species that are rapidly declining.
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Bohart associate Fran Keller, an assistant professor at Folsom Lake College and a UC Davis alumnus (she received her doctorate in entomology studying with Lynn Kimsey) holds some of the new dragonfly t-shirts available at the Bohart Museum. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Bee-Line to the Bohart Museum: T-Shirts and Calendars

April 18, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Folks are making a bee-line to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, for its spring sale. All proceeds support the insect museum in its educational and outreach activities.
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Graduate student Yao Cai (right) serves honey at the 2018 Picnic Day activities in Briggs Hall. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Honey, Let's Go Taste Honey!

April 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey, let's go taste honey! Yes, you can do just that at Briggs Hall during the UC Davis Picnic Day on Saturday, April 13. It's free and family friendly. And one of the crowd favorites, meadowfoam, will be offered.
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UC Davis medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo holds one of his images, a tsete fly. He does research on the fly. He also will be showcasing his other images of vectors on UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bugs Reign Supreme at UC Davis Picnic Day

April 11, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's a picnic without bugs? When the 105th annual UC Davis Picnic Day takes place Saturday, April 13, thousands of visitors will explore the campus. It promises to be informative, educational and entertaining.
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Youth and adult volunteers attend planning committee for 2019-20 Area Youth Summits.
California 4-H Grown: Article

Volunteers move 4-H forward

April 10, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
We are able to continually move our 4-H program forward because of the work of 4-H volunteers. Youth and adult volunteers serve on club, county, Area, and State level committees to plan and organize 4-H events and activities.
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Presentation Day begins with orientation
Ventura County 4-H: Article

Ventura County 4-H Presentation Day 2019

April 10, 2019
On the morning of Saturday, March 23rd, 36 Ventura County 4-H members gathered at the University of California Hansen Agricultural Resource and Extension Center (UCHAREC). Nine of the 36 members were with the Loma Vista 4-H Club.
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Justin Lehnert, left, is a volunteer with the UC Cooperative Extension 4-H Program.
Healthy Communities Blog: Article

4-H learning model helps two lost children survive

April 10, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
The joyful reunion of two 4-H children, Leia and Caroline Carrico, with their parents after spending 44 hours lost in the Humboldt County wilderness in early March has raised awareness about the benefits to youth involved in the UC Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development Program.
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